Feelin' Some Type of Way: Racialized Bodies, Emotional Shadows, and Antioppressive Pedagogy

• In Event: 63.084 - Roundtable Session 22
  In Roundtable Session: 63.084-9 - The Possibility of Justice in Schools: Anti-Oppressive and Multicultural Pedagogies

Abstract

Improving professional development is a key aspect in changing educator practices, especially professional development related to antioppression and equity. However, such professional development tends to conjure strong emotions for educators. These emotions are a very powerful aspect of antioppressive professional learning but are usually under-explored. As such, conceptualizing the role of emotions in antioppressive education helps to create a fuller picture of the impact of such pedagogy on individual educator change. In this proposal I share my qualitative study on how antioppressive pedagogy, specifically antiracist, played out in the professional development of educators in graduate school. Specifically I focus on the experience of learners from traditionally racially marginalized backgrounds. Implications relate to improving antioppressive pedagogy as professional development.

Author

• Tanetha Jamay Grosland, University of South Florida